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L12-Standard Conditions BG Viscocity
L12-Standard Conditions BG Viscocity
Lecture # 12
Properties of Dry Gases
(Chapter 6 - pages 165-178)
Phase Diagram of a
Dry Gas Reservoir
Initial Reservoir
Conditions
Pressure
CP
Path of Production
Separator Conditions
Temperature
Standard Conditions
Unify volumes to common grounds for
sales and regulatory purposes
T = 60 0F
P = 14.65 15.025 (State dependent see
Table 6-1)
Practice evaluating VM For TX
VM = RTsc/Psc
Reservoir Conditions
Standard Conditions
VR
Bg
V SC
ZnRT
P
Bg
Z SC nRT SC
PSC
Bg
Pressure
Material Balance
Production data
PVT data
Fluid Displacement
Fractional Flow theory
Waterflooding
Processes Included in
GMBE
GENERAL MATERIAL BALANCE EQUATION
(GMBE)
Gas
Injection
OIL+GAS+WATER
PRODUCTION
Gas
Oil
Water
Gas
Oil
Water
Drive
Water
Influx
Water
Approximates reservoir
as a tank with given
boundaries and
uniform T and P.
MB Calculation is a
very gross
approximation of the
reservoir performance,
but one that is very
useful in practice
ni piV / zi RT
V=X
n2 p2V / z 2 RT
V=X
Original pressure at
reservoir temperature
New pressure at
reservoir temperature
Time 1
Time 2
MB
End
Time Interval
M
Mass Balance:
ME
M E - M = M I - M
P
B
On a volumetric basis
VE - V = V - V
I
B
P
ni-n2
piV ni zi RT
Initial state
before production
pV ni np zRT
After some
Production
Moles left in reservoir
p pi np
1
z zi ni
pV zi RT ni np
ni
zRT piV
p pi np
1
z zi ni
Express moles produced and initial in terms of standard volumes
np
pscGp
RTsc
pscG
ni
RTsc
1
z zi
G
P/z@original pressure
P/z
Gp=G @P=0
Gp
Gp
(MMSCF)
1.0135
1.0006
0.9627
0.8972
0.863
0.8502
0.8525
0.855
0.8617
0.8765
0
7.7373282
13.536207
23.488811
30.905456
38.671314
47.318522
49.122796
53.512917
58.30214
P/Z
5920.078934
5296.821907
4695.128285
4057.066429
3592.12051
3058.103976
2486.803519
2371.929825
2042.474179
1791.21506
6000
P/z
5000
4000
3000
2000
1000
0
0.00
p pi G p
1
z zi
G
10.00
20.00
30.00
40.00
Gp (MMSCF)
50.00
60.00
70.00